Rimrose House, Flat 3, 234 Rimrose Road, Bootle, L20 4QT

Rimrose House is a detached house in Bootle (L20 4QT). It has a recorded floor area of 26 m² (around 280 sq ft), construction records dating it to 1900-1929 and council tax band A. The latest certificate (March 2024) shows an E (score 51), well below the UK norm with real room to improve. When first surveyed in March 2014 the rating was F, the property has climbed 1 band since. Between certificates, wall efficiency went from Very Poor to Good and lighting went from Good to Very Good; while window efficiency dropped from Good to Average. The recommended improvements would lift it to C (score 74), a 2-band jump. Main heating runs on electricity. At 26 m² this is the 3rd smallest of 7 units on EPC record in Rimrose House, where floor areas span 18–277 m². The building's EPC ratings span E to C, with this unit at the bottom. On EPC score it ranks last in the building (51 versus a best of 78).

At 26 m² it sits well below the postcode median (51 m² across 12 EPCs), making it one of the more compact homes locally. On energy efficiency it sits in the bottom 10% of properties in this postcode — significant headroom for improvement. Today's modelled estimate of £118,000 is 47.5% above the 2015 sale price. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£286/sq ft) was about 221.8% above the typical sold price in the postcode. On the market in May 2015 and unlisted since — roughly 11 years.